Comelec, kinumpirmang nakasuhan na si dating Comelec Chief Bautista sa U.S.
Comelec, kinumpirmang nakasuhan na si dating Comelec Chief Bautista sa U.S.
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00:00 Comelec believes that the case filed against the former chairman, Andres Bautista, in the United States will help to prove to the Supreme Court
00:11 that their decision to suspend Smartmatic's bidding for the 2025 midterm election was right.
00:22 Here is the report of Louisa Erispe.
00:26 The Commission on Elections confirmed that the former chairman, Andres Bautista, was in the US for the criminal case.
00:35 Comelec said that the US Department of Justice has information that there is a bias in the 2016 elections in the Philippines for additional vote counting machines.
00:46 Several weeks ago, the representatives of the US DOJ and the Homeland Security Department were here.
00:55 They said that they will file the same case in a court in the US.
01:00 Based on the case, it was not specifically mentioned which company was the one who sued Bautista.
01:05 But for Comelec, the case is enough to prove to the Supreme Court that they were right to suspend Smartmatic's bidding for the election in the Philippines
01:15 because they won the 2016 bidding.
01:18 Based on the case, the company that was sued was the one who gave the contract for the 2016 vote counting machines and transmission service.
01:28 Garcia said that they will file the case in the SC and include the evidence and documents in the Supreme Court.
01:37 When we issued the resolution on the disqualification of the company, we did not just guess.
01:45 We have a basis. That is our basis.
01:48 And so now the case came out.
01:50 We will definitely include that in the event that we will be filing the motion for reconsideration.
01:56 Meanwhile, one of the public's questions is where is Bautista?
02:01 Comelec said that they have information that the former head of the commission is still in the US.
02:06 When asked if there is an arrest warrant in the US court, Garcia said...
02:12 You don't need an arrest warrant if the person is already in custody.
02:16 Comelec plans to file a case against Bautista in the Philippine court and its possible consequences when they finish the investigation on the allegations of the 2016 bidding.
02:29 Louisa Erispe for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.